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The overwhelming shadow of a city - rotting with disease - presses in around you. The neon lights and chittering rats mock you knowingly. The streets are lined with graffiti, trash, and needles. There are more dumpsters ... Read Full Review

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If I had to say only a few words that could describe Max Payne they would be, rich, haunting and unforgettable. To be honest it's been a long time since I played Max Payne, but the memories are so rich in my brain that I... Read Full Review

Max Payne is considered to be a classic third-person shooter from the sixth generation (PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube) of gaming. Back in 2001, people fell in love with this game. Is it nearly as good today as it was... Read Full Review

Intro: Max Payne is an NYPD detective, who arrives home after another day at work. But all does not seem right when he discovers burglars in his own home. He kills both of the criminals and finds his wife and baby child... Read Full Review

First off as of April 8, 2013 I have finally beaten this game, I actually owned this game back in the early 2000's when it was fairly new. Back then there was too much wrong with the game, I hated it and I never beat it ... Read Full Review

Max Payne has been at the centre of huge amounts of hype. Billed as a true action experience, Remedy promised so much with the game that it made people skeptical of being just another ambitious shooter with nothing to sh... Read Full Review

Created by Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment, Max Payne was in production for a very long time. It's a gritty third-person shooter that's clearly inspired by the stylish cinematography and choreography of the Hong K... Read Full Review

Max Payne only has bullets and retribution. His family, murdered by junkies, he sets out to wipe the city of the drug that cost them their lives, opening a story that reeks of bullets, slow motion shootouts and dark narr... Read Full Review

Being a bit of a regular shopper at Half Price Bookstores, I've always managed to find numbers of Max Payne copies in stock, generally the PS2 version, but every once in a while a PC or Xbox version. They never stayed f... Read Full Review

Max Payne is a intense and fun game, for the PC. With Max Payne ported to the PS2, some obvious sacrifices had to be done. It is a fun game, but the controls are awkward, there are some serious frame-rate issues, and the... Read Full Review